Introduction
On 11th November 2003, the British Government announced its proposal to introduce a national identity card scheme to Great Britain.
In “Identity Cards – The Next Steps” a report published by the Home Office on the same day, the Government announce their reasons for the introduction of this scheme. They claim that advancing technology and greater global mobility is making it increasingly difficult to authenticate people’s identity. The consequences of this have been a substantial increase in; illegal migration and working, identity theft and fraud and organised crime and terrorism, which has resulted in increasing threats to our security and prosperity. The Government state that their proposal is part of a comprehensive strategy to contain these threats and to establish a more reliable way of authenticating people’s identity.
The Government plan intend to use Biometric introduce the scheme on an incremental basis, proposing that by 2007 all new......
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